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door of his refrigerator. just in the box that it came in. i was surprised it was right there out in the open. french police began investigations and fest tee that s doctor was questioned under the anti-drug act. as the 1998 tour de france got underway, the lid was broken off systematic doping in the peloton. it was pretty clear it was a major problem. the french police are arresting team members or followers with industrial quantities of doping substances and equipment. the following year, the tour de france was billed as the tour of renewal.
aw three vials would go into a coke can. we d crush it, give it to a team doctor to dispose. but it didn t all go to plan. lance armstrong was tested for drugs during the tour. and one of his samples revealed a significant level of a banned corticosteroid. emma o riley was a soinier on the team whose duties included giving armstrong a massage after his rides. during one of these massages, she says an urgent discussion took place between armstrong and the team s management. the conversation that was occurring really was what are we going to do? here s a problem. we need a solution. and how do we act upon the solution? and are we happy with the solution? so the problem was lance had tested high in the cortisone. the solution was potential prescription. what was the prescription for, why was he taking it? are we all happy with that?
which tells us that the system was flooded with synthetic epo when that sample was provided. at what stage in the tour was that taken? that was the prologue. that was the first day of the 99 tour. is there any doubt in your mind that the positive results for epo were scientifically correct? yes, they are scientifically correct. do you know whether or not the samples which under oath in 2005, lance armstrong insisted it wasn t true. i can only believe that they either are not mine or have been manipulated. because when i pissed in the bottle, as i told you earlier, having never taken performance-enhancing drugs when i pissed in that bottle, there was not epo in that piss, or urine. l equipe s investigation
to be a good time trialist and you have to be a good mountain climber. and he wasn t particularly strong in those two areas. to me he didn t have what it took in those early years. lance armstrong was then with the american motorola team. so too was new zealander steven swart. steven swart says that in 1995, when phil anderson had left the team, the riders complained that their european opponents were doping. did you talk with lance armstrong about the need to start using e.p.o. to be competitive? we had we had a discussion about it, yeah. what did mr. armstrong say? he did say, you know, if we re going to the tour we ve got to we ve got to perform. we need the results. what did that mean? i think he just you didn t have to be a rocket scientist to figure it out. you know?